Self-sovereign identity

Open Access
Authors
Publication date 2021
Journal Internet Policy Review
Volume | Issue number 10 | 2
Number of pages 10
Organisations
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Institute for Information Law (IViR)
  • Faculty of Law (FdR)
Abstract The concept of self-sovereign identity (SSI) describes an identity management system created to operate independently of third-party public or private actors, based on decentralised technological architectures, and designed to prioritise user security, privacy, individual autonomy and self-empowerment.
Document type Article
Note Part of: Glossary of decentralised technosocial systems.
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.14763/2021.2.1550
Published at https://policyreview.info/open-abstracts/self-sovereign-identity
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